Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Anyone interested in street art and the graffiti scene should pay a visit to SESC Pinheiros for their current exhibition ‘A Conquista Do Espaco’, which features work from a collection of artists from around the world, as well as some of Sao Paulo’s own such as Onesto, and Fefe Talavera. The exhibition starts on the street outside, with full wall paintings on either side of the modern SESC building, a ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Everyone should have figured out by now that São Paulo, being such a huge and diverse city, has something for absolutely every one to do, and a place for everyone to feel welcome at. As such, we have seen posts about the Japanese community, posts about high-end fashion and top class shopping, restaurants of all sorts, and a variety of other events and things to do, that cover a wide ...
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Located just across the street from the oh-so-chic Hotel Emiliano, Santo Grão is the perfect spot for a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a celebrity sighting (just yesterday there was an excited group of girls seated next to me who were there to try and catch a glimpse of Kiefer Sutherland who is in town to film a car commercial and is staying at the Emiliano). While they are most ...
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Yosakoi Soran é um estilo de dança japonesa que une tradição e modernidade. O estilo sugiu há cerca de 15 anos, misturando dois ritmos regionais do Japão: o Yosakoi Bushi (dança jovem praticada nas ruas da província de Koushi) e o Soran Bushi (ritmo folclórico e tradicional com passos que imitam os gestos dos pescadores da província de Hokkaido).

Os festivais de Yosakoi Soran ...
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
O sukiyaki surgiu no Japão por volta de 1860, quando o imperador experimentou a carne bovina e gostou. Até então, o consumo de carne era proibido por causa dos costumes budistas. Logo os súditos do império começaram a difundir esse hábito como sinônimo de modernidade.

Yaki significa 'assado' ou 'grelhado'. E suki significa 'pá', ou algum ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

São Paulo, being one of the world's biggest cities and one of the financial arteries of Brazil, has been able to develop into a place where culture and the arts also thrive. With a variety of cultural and artistic events going on nearly everyday somewhere around the city, it is not a far fetched ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
Vem aí o Festival do Japão, um dos maiores eventos de cultura japonesa do mundo.

O Festival do Japão acontece todos os anos desde 1998 e apresenta shows de música e dança típicas, culinária, exposições, atividades para as crianças e muito mais. ...
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Banco do Brasil´s first agency, this gorgeous building in downtown São Paulo now houses a cultural center. There you can watch movies and concerts of all types, exhibitons, theatre, as well as take part in different classes that are offered from time to time.
For those who are interested in the historical side, be sure to check out the area. This building ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
On days when I can’t face cooking, I can’t afford to go out and spend money on eating in a restaurant, and am feeling even too lazy to go to the shops then luckily there is takeaway pizza. Currently I use just one. Both tasty and great value. Manolo Pizza's is situated on Oscar Freire, but costs just R$12.90 for a super large pizza delivered to the door. This ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Sakura em português significa cerejeira. É a planta símbolo da primavera do Japão. As flores começam a surgir em março ou abril e atingem o ápice de sua beleza em julho.

O costume japonês de admirar as cerejeiras em flor se chama Hanami. O Hanami pode incluir desde recitação de poemas até pique-nique em família sob as cerejeiras.
No Brasil, o costume foi trazido pelos imigrantes ...
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